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Biglaw, Cheapness, Divorce Train Wrecks, Hotties, Money, Partner Issues, Pictures, Slideshows
A Cadwalader Partner, His Deaf Daughter, and His Playboy Bunny Ex-Fiancée
Ira Schacter is back in the news. He's accused of refusing to pay for his teen daughter's $12,000 hearing aids, while dropping $215,000 on a diamond engagement ring for his Playboy-bunny fiancée. If true, that's pretty shoddy behavior -- the very embodiment of cheapness, from a big-time Biglaw partner who can easily afford twelve grand.... -
Copyright, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Facebook, Law School Deans, Lindsay Lohan, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Morning Docket, Music, Pictures, Sex, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 10.20.11
* You know you’re screwed when law school folks are coming after you. A University of Hawaii Law dean has jumped aboard the “sue Facebook for wiretapping” bandwagon. [The Republic] * Walk like an Egyptian? Emory Law student, Ilan Grapel — who was detained by Egypt on espionage charges — may soon be released in […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Election 2012, Free Speech, Jews, Pictures, Politics, SCOTUS, Slideshows, Supreme Court
ATL Field Trip: A Visit to Occupy Wall Street
Over the weekend, Lat realized that he needed some new white dress shirts. So he headed downtown to the Brooks Brothers at One Liberty Plaza in Manhattan. One Liberty Plaza happens to be located across the street from Zuccotti Park, site of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Since he was going to be in the neighborhood, he decided to pay a visit to OWS. What did he observe?
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American Bar Association / ABA, Books, Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Libraries / Librarians, Pictures
Caption Contest Winner: Ugh, Our Library Is Such a Dump
Last week, we asked our readers to submit possible captions for this photo: On Friday, you voted on the finalists, and now it’s time to announce the winner of our most recent caption contest…. -
Lawsuit of the Day, Pictures, Weddings
Here Comes the Bride, All Dressed in... Oops, She's Not Dressed
From a bride's pre-wedding hair and makeup session to her walk down the aisle, someone with a camera will be by her side snapping pictures all the way. And Staci does mean all the way. Did you ever think that a picture of you in your skivvies would make its way into your wedding album? This lawyerly bride sure didn't. She was blushing alright, but with embarrassment.... -
Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Money, Pictures
Caption Contest Winner: Money to Burn?
Last week, we asked our readers to submit possible captions for this photo: Earlier this week, you voted on the finalists. We should probably announce the winner before another George Mason Law student finances his education with “charitable” donations…. -
Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Money, Pictures
Caption Contest Finalists: Money to Burn?
Last week, we asked readers to submit possible captions for this explosive photo: For those of you who are just joining us, this photo was taken across the street from George Mason University School of Law. Let’s have a look at what our readers were able to come up with, and then vote on the […] -
Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Money, Pictures
Caption Contest: Money to Burn?
Some say that the only people going to law school these days are the ones who have got both time and money to burn. At the end of three years, some will leave law school with the stark realization that their hopes and dreams have gone up in flames -- figuratively, of course. But apparently, someone took that phrase literally at a law school in Virginia. Here's the photo for our latest caption contest.... - Sponsored
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Caption Contest Winner: What Can You Do With a Fordham Law Degree?
Two weeks ago, we asked our readers to submit possible captions for this photo. Last week, you voted on the finalists, earlier this week, Fordham made it harder for homeless people to eat, and now we have finally crowned a winner.... -
Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Pictures, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Finalists: What Can You Do With a Fordham Law Degree?
Last week, we asked readers to submit possible captions for this depressing photo. For those of you who are just joining us, this homeless man’s hat reads “FORDHAM LAW.” Let's have a look at what our readers were able to come up with, and then vote on finalists.... -
Biglaw, Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Pictures
Caption Contest: What Can You Do With a Fordham Law Degree?
Week in, and week out, without fail, we write about the state of the legal economy. Sometimes we have good news about employment prospects for law school graduates, but the reality of the situation is that things are probably going to get worse before they get better. And these days, apparently you can run into career trouble even if you go to a top-tier law school in a major city. Here's the photo for out latest caption contest.... -
Antitrust, Basketball, Breasts, Mergers and Acquisitions, Morning Docket, Pictures, Privacy, Sex, Utah
Morning Docket: 09.07.11
* Sprint hopped in bed with Skadden to sue AT&T over its proposed merger with T-Mobile. Somewhere in America, the Verizon guy is cackling with glee. “Can you hear me now, b*tches?” [Bloomberg] * “I would love to dominate and humiliate and degrade you, privately of course.” Remember this guy? Six of the nine charges […]
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Biglaw, California, Email Scandals, Facebook, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Pictures, Technology
Morning Docket: 09.06.11
* According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 100 new jobs were added to the legal industry last month. About 40,000 students graduated from law school this spring. You do the math. [Am Law Daily] * This Maryland law school dean thinks that the U.S. News rankings “generalize about things that are not generalizable.” Come […]
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Law Schools, Pictures
Future Lawyer of the Day: Law Student Rescues Orphaned Baby
Here at Above the Law, we frequently publish stories about law students who have been accused of doing pretty bad things. We thought we'd change it up a little bit and bring you a story about a law student who did something good. Actually, this particular law student did something great. On August 31, a law student rescued an orphaned baby. Who is this remarkable heroine and where does she go to school? -
American Bar Association / ABA, Antitrust, Biglaw, Celebrities, Google / Search Engines, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, Pictures, Screw-Ups, Shoes, U.S. News
Morning Docket: 09.02.11
* Bob Morse announces that new jobs data may be used to change the methodology for calculating law school employment rates. Because Bob Morse has to do the ABA’s job for them. HIYOOOO! [U.S. News & World Report] * And speaking of employment (or lack thereof), it looks like UDel and SUNY Stony Brook have […]
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Biglaw, Celebrities, Crime, Legal Ethics, Lindsay Lohan, Money, Morning Docket, Music, Partner Profits, Pictures
Morning Docket: 08.22.11
* Unfortunately, it looks like law schools aren’t the only ones cooking the books. According to Citigroup, partner profits in the Am Law 100 may have been a teensy bit overstated last year. [Wall Street Journal] * A perp walk is a terrible thing to waste. Prosecutors may be dropping the charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn […]
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Advertising, Bad Ideas, Pictures, Solo Practitioners, Texas
Solo Practitioner: Fighting Injustice in Cute Outfits
If you watch Futurama, you'll be familiar with Single Female Lawyer. The theme song is as such: single female lawyer, fighting for her client, wearing sexy mini-skirts and being self-reliant. Above the Law managed to find the real life version of this cartooned solo practitioner. Let's check out her website.... -
ACLU, Constitutional Law, Education / Schools, Facebook, Free Speech, Kids, Pictures, Pornography, Sex
Indiana Judge Upholds High School Girls' Constitutional Right To Post Slutty Photos Online
Back in 2009, some teen girls in Indiana had a sleepover that lived up to any teen boy’s fantasy version of one. After racy photos from the summer slumber party made their way to the principal’s office, two of the athletes in attendance were suspended from school sports for the year. What did the court have to say about their First Amendment right to post slutty photos of themselves online? -
Caption Contests, Contests, Labor / Employment, Law Schools, Pictures, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Winner: New York Law School
It’s time to announce the winner of our most recent caption contest, involving a photograph taken at New York Law School…. -
Caption Contests, Contests, Law Schools, Pictures, Reader Polls
Caption Contest Finalists: New York Law School
Last week, we solicited possible captions for the following photo, involving New York Law School: Let’s see what you came up with, and vote on the finalists….